Укажите буквой правильный перевод подчёркнутых слов

1. The sale was instrumental in winning the two post-Panamax crane contract.

a. инструмент b. технический c. способствующий d. важный

2. This application is designed to increase utilization of terminal tractors.

a. использование b. утилизация c. оценка d. введение

3. PrimeRoute aims to reduce unproductive travel of tractors.

a. непродуктивный b. непроизводственный

c. ненадлежащий d. неперспективный

4. Much work has been done to maximize ship-to-shore crane productivity.

a. производство b. производительность

c. продукция d. продуктивный

5. Orders range from Canada to China.

a. включать b. простираться c. ранг d. диапазон

6. They cover the full range of all electric spreaders.

a. включать b. простираться c. ранг d. диапазон

7. They can carry pallets back against the fork upright instead of the fork tips.

a. платформа b. стойка c. правый d. правильный

8. New technology is designed to improve fault diagnostics.

a. фальшивый b. неправильный c. неисправность d. должный

9. Telescopic forks allow the operator to adjust the fork length.

a. обеспечивать b. улучшать сохранятьc. d. регулировать

10.The terminal tractor business provides growth of opportunities.

a. возможности b. необходимость c. применение d. трудности

Укажите буквой правильный перевод

1. The first tractors (доставленные) to Finnsteve have accumulated 20,000 hours.

a. delivered b. were delivered c. have been delivered d. are delivered

2. This allows the operator (регулировать) the fork length.

a. adjustment b. adjust c. to adjust d. adjusting

3. It handles pallets (весом) from 2,500 up to 4,600 kg.

a. weight b. weights c. weighing d. are weighing

4. It is capable of (обрабатывать) two pallets side by side.

a. to handle b. handling c. handle d. being handled

5. Increased ballast is often (требуется) to provide extra traction.

a. is required b. requiring c. requires d. required

Укажите буквой соответствующий английский эквивалент

1. коробка передач

a. generation box b. gearbox c. transmission box d. power box

2. автоматическое переключение

a. auto-shift b. auto-dispatch c. auto-split d. auto-haul

3. лошадиная сила

a. break horse power b. horse powered c. brake horse power d. horses power

4. ручная передача

a. hand gear b. handy transmission c. manual transmission d. manual box

5. объединять в общий фонд

a. array b. swing c. spoil d. pool

6. собственный вес

a. dominated weight b. dead weight c. dead weigh d. own weigh

7. производительность крана

a. crane production b. crane opportunity c. crane flexibility d. crane productivity

8. обеспечить дополнительную тягу

a. to provide extra traction b. to provide extra productivity

c. to commit extra traction d. to supply additional haul

9. поперечная регулировка

a. horizontal adjustment b. dual adjusting

c. transverse adjustment d. transverse adjusted

 

Укажите номер соответствующего русского эквивалента

 

1. accommodate – 1. давать возможность

2. adjustment – 2. двойной

3. application – 3. диапазон

4. cage – 4. использование

5. damage – 5. клеть

6. discontinue – 6. коробка передач

7. distinct – 7. крен

8. dual – 8. курс

9. enable – 9. местный

10. face – 10. мощный

11. fault – 11. нанимать

12. favour – 12. неисправность

13. gearbox – 13. отличительный

14. generation – 14. повреждение

15. haul – 15. поколение

16. hire – 16. польза

17. installation – 17. поперечный

18. join – 18. представлять

19. labour – 19. прекращать

20. list – 20. приводить в действие

21. manual – 21. применение

22. power – 22. производительность

23. powerful – 23. рабочая сила

24. productivity – 24. размещать

25. range – 25. регулировка

26. ratio – 26. ручной

27. traction – 27. соединять

28. transverse – 28. столкнуться

29. unit – 29. тяга

30. utilization – 30. тянуть

31. установка

32. число

 

 

UNIT 5

CAR CARRIERS

PART 1

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AutoRacks enter service

AutoRack, the new containerised vehicle carrying system designed bу UK-based Clive-Smith Associ­ates (CSA), has been put into use bу its first соmmercial customers.

Global Bох, а UK-based subsidiary of Japanese automobile shipping specialist Yuwa Shipping, has taken delivery of 175 40ft and 45ft AutoRacks for use in а weekly service from Nagoya to Felixstowe using Maersk Sealand vessels. These form part of а total order for 1500 AutoRacks placed bу Yuwa Ship­ping for delivery this year.

In addition G&G Shipping in Florida is now us­ing AutoRacks to ship Suzukis to the Caribbean is­lands, while Turkish operator LAM Shipping has taken delivery of а number of units for use in а serv­ice between Hamburg and the Вlack Sea. Another Turkish operator, Arkas, is planning to use Anto­Racks in а new service linking Turkey and Russia.

As previously reported, the AutoRack, designed bу Clive-Smith Associates (CSA) and built bу Kumbong Container Industry in Indonesia, is а 40ft or 45ft collapsible flatrack with two cargo decks each of which саn accommodate uр to three large vehi­cles. The upper deck is raised and lowered hydrauli­cally, while the corner posts саn bе raised from 8ft to а maximum height of 12ft 6in to accommodate overheight vehicles.

Capable of being stacked 5-high when fully loaded, the AutoRack is handled in the same way as а standard ISO dry freight container and allows ve­hicles to bе transported оn any containership. When empty, five AutoRacks саn bе collapsed and inter­locked to form а 9ft 6in high module for reposi­tioning purposes.

According to Раul Donaldson, managing direc­tor of AutoRack Ltd, shippers are looking for а cost-­effective alternative to traditional ro-ro services for transporting vehicles. AutoRack offers а number of advantages over ro-ro, including reduced vehicle handling and, thereby, damage, door-to-door move­ment bу ship, barge, road or rail, greater frequency of sailings using containerships and faster transit times, greater number of ports which саn handle traditional ISO flatracks and fast onward movement to sales dis­tribution centres.

“We are getting enquiries from all over the world and are now producing additional 45ft AutoRacks for the North and South American and the fast grow­ing Eastern European market,” he said.

 

Vocabulary

rack – рама, каркас, стеллаж

subsidiary – дочерняя компания, филиал

shipping – отправка

delivery – поставка, доставка

form – составлять, образовывать

to ship – отправлять

while – в то время, как

link – соединять

collapsible – разборный, складной

flat – плоский

flatrack – платформа

cargo – груз

deck – палуба

accommodate – размещать

upper – верхний

raise – поднимать

lower – опускать

hydraulically – гидравлически

post – стойка, колонка

height – высота

ISO = International Organization for Stan-

dardization

dry freight – сухогрузный

collapse – сжиматься, сплющиваться

interlock – соединять, сцеплять

reposition – ставить на хранение, на место

look for – искать

reduce – сокращать

frequency – частота

sailing – плавание, отход (судна)

onward – вперёд, дальше

distribution – распределение

enquiry – наведение справок, запрос

 

Global Bох is using AutoRacks to ship Japanese саrs from Nagoya to Felixstowe using Maersk Sealand vessels